I62 óerierall dirgifaissf®r a the Militant and Triumphant Saints, it were infinitely too little for his-love. Wherefore nomarvel' though well-advii, fed and watchfull, they feele chemfelves rather pincht with want, then prell withpieMtie of her golden offers and oppor- tunities to doe good, and bee ever addreft to entercaine and welcome every houre with fpeciall attendance, as agracious Indulgence of his patient love, and .lonsfuffering, and fulfe- ring them to doe him yet more honour, ( for which caufe alone they long to live) before they goedowne into the pit and be (eerie nomore.And they thou Id be fo farre from being afraidof folitarineffe , as tohold their time alone, the onely time for fweeteft contemplations, heavenlycommerce, nee- rer converting andcommunion withGod. 3. We that are earthly Angels by the nobleneffe ofCrea lion, though by voluntary degeneration incarnate dive's, wereput n;to,and planted within the cornpafte and comforts ofthisgreat and curious Frame round about us, the goodly Workewanfhip ofGods owne Almightie hand,whereinwee have the Sunne to ferve us; and we of this Kingdome by matchlefle and incomparable favour, the heavenly and hea- ling beames oftheStume of Righteoufneeffe, to thine upon us throughhis glorious Gofpel; I fay,we were placed inthis world, not to ferve our owne turnes, to pleafë our owne hearts,to follow our owne wayes, togate, drinke, and fleepe;: to temporize, revell, or roote in the earth; to play the Epi- cures , Libertines , Machavillians; to climoe into high roomes, byall meaner lawful' and unlawful'; by bribery,G- monie,flattery, bafe in initiations , foliowing the times; or fore fouler meaner, and there to domineere and tyrannize;. In a word, to ferve the divell for a few and evil' dayes,todie, and fo to beedamned. No,no, a nobler taske and more excel- lent end is appointed ald app ,rtioned for the Prince and principallell ofall earthly creatures. Or being upon earth this little inchoftime, is for huumnefl ofanocher nature, and for a farre more important alfaire, and deareft conf quence; even with hurnbleneffe and truth to know and obey our -God, to ferve our brethren in- love, and toPave our owne poore
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